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UNITED STATES GEORGE E. HILEENBEAND, OENEWYQEK, N. Y., ASSIGNQE,BYEiREo'rNn MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, rro cHAELEs ncnoss, or SnMErLAoi-i. I

-VALVE AND spleoT ill/malosv FORQBARRELS.

SrEcIrrcA'rIoN frming part @Letters Patent N. 299,183, mantel-,imbal-11, 1883. Application filed October 9, 1882.' Renewed SeptemberlplSSB.(No model.)

- To allwwm, it may concern: Y. Be it known that I, GEORGE F. HILDEN-BRAND, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Faucet-Hole Attachmentsr for Barrels, ofwhich the following is aspeciif cation."

Faucet-hole attachments for kegs or barrels have been used heretofore-with aview to dispense with the cork or other `plugs by which` thefaucet -holes are closed. These attachments had the disadvantages thatYthey were either too complicated and expensive, or that they containedsprings, packings, `or other parts which were liable to wear out andrender the attachments unfit for use.

` This invention has refereneeto animproved faucet-holeattachment forkegs or barrels, inwhich fermentedliquors are shipped; and theIinvention consists of a bushing that is screwed int'o the faucet-hole ofthe head of the keg or barrel, and provided with a retaining screw-ycap, andl a disk-valve interposed between a shoulder of thebushingandthe screw-cap,

which latter are both provided with openings.

The disk-valve can be set so that the openings register with each otheror c lose the bushi'ng by means of a faucet, the inner endqof which isadapted to engage and turn the diskvalve. rlhe face of the screw-caphasaraised seat, with which the slightly-beveled or inclined rear faceof the disk-valve forms contact, so as to cause the intimate and tightclosing of the disk-valve when the same is turned, so that that theiropenings are outof register. The wrench-faucet is guided into its properposition, so as to engage the disk-valve,

by a projecting stud of the bushing, which stud passes along alongitudinal side recess and a transverse segmental guide-recess of thebarrel of the faucet, as will appear more fully hereinafter, and finallybe pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a sectional sideelevation of a keg with my improved faucet hole attachment shown asapplied for use. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical longitudinal sections of theattachment, showing it respectively in closed and in open :ted lines y yin Figs. 2 and 6.

5o position, andlwith the faucet in position to open the attachment, andafter itvhas been opened. y Fig. 4 is a front view; Fig. 5,-a rear viewof the same. Fig. Gis a horizontal section of the attachment, andFig. 7a sectional view ofthe disk-valve.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bushing with an exteriorscrew-thread and a front shoulder' or flange, a. This bushing is 6oscrewed into the faucet-hole of the keg or barrel. rlhis .maybeaccomplished by a pipewrench applied to the flange a, or, if the shapeof the `flange is made polygonal, by an ordinary wrench.`

. l To the inner end of thebushing Ais screwed a cap, B, havinganopening, @while between inner face of the `screw-cap B, around theopening b, is arranged a raised seat, h, which seat is inclined. Theface of the disk-valve D, next to the screw-cap B, has a correspondingbevel or inclination, as indicated by dot- Th'e object of theslightly-beveled seat h and inclined face of the disk-valve is to"closethe opening b of the screw-capk tightly and reliably when the 8o valveis turned` into .such a position that its opening f does notregister'with the opening b of the screw-cap. On turning the valve itbecomes wedged in its'place, while on turning it in a contrarydirection, so' that the openings 85 register with :each other, 'thevalve moves easily betweenI the guide-'shoulder d and cap B, and admitsthe-free passage of the liquid from the interior of the keg to theoutside.

The disk-valve D is provided with a Stud or 9o y To guide the faucetinto the proper position for engaging and turningthe disk-valve D, thebushing A is cast or otherwise provided at its front part with a smallinwardly-projecting stud or lip, i'. The barrel G of the faucet G isprovided with a longitudinal side recess, g, along which the stud or lipi moves when the faucet is inserted into the bushing A. 'The recess k,at the cud of the barrel G', and the side recess, g, are so arrangedrelatively to each other that on the introductton of the faucet into thebushing the latter is moved along the projecting lip or stud z', whilethe former engages the projection c of the diskvalve lD. In thisposition of the faucet the disk-valvel) is out of register with theopening of the intcrior screw-cap, I3, so that the faucet attachment istightly closed. After the faucet'l G has been introduced into thebushing,.it is turned through an angle of one hundred and eightydegrees, during which motion the lipz' is guided along a transversesegmental recess, l, of the barrel G, said recess communicating at oneend with the side recess, g, as Vshown clearly in Fig. 2. The ends ofthe reeessl serve as stops for the axial motion of the iancet,. therecess being of such length vas to set the disk-valve D in position, sothat its opening registers exactly with the opening of the screw-cap B.The contents of thekcg or barrel can thus be drawn off through thefaucet.

By locating the opening b of thescrew-cap B at the lower part of thefaucet attachment, the contents of the keg can be drawn off almostentirely.

`As the faucet-hole attachment is a permanent fixture of the barrel, itcan be located immediately adjoining the side staves thereof, which isnot possible in the present kegs, .as the faucet-hole and plug must ofnecessitybe at some distance from the staves.

I am aware that faucethole attachments for kegs and barrels, in whichabushing ofthe fau cet-hole with a sleeve tted thereto and provided Withan opening, the disk-valve having a corresponding opening, which partsare so arranged that the openings may be placed in or -out of registerto permit the passage or stop Anation of the bushing A, having aninwardly projecting lip or stud, i', with a faucet, G, the barrel ofwhich is provided withy a longitudinal side recess, g, and a transversesegmental guide-recess l, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the bushingfA, having guide stud or lip i,screw-cap B,having ropening @disk-valve D, having' opening j' andprojection e, and faucet G G, having4 an end recess, k, longitudinalside recess, g, and

llateral guide-recess I, substantially as and lfor the purposedescribed.

-In testimony/whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of -two subscribing witnesses.

G. F. IHLDENBR-AND.

fit nesses:

HARRY DRURY, .HARRY SMITH.

